Tire-repairing device.



'.N0..'791.s45. PATBNTED MAY-so, 1905.

' 0. P. Know.

TIRE REPAIRING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22.1904.

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Patented May 30, 1905.

PATENT v OEEICEo OTTO E. KADOW, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,345, dated May' 3o, 1905.

' Application sied August 22,1904. serai No. 221,640.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO F. KADOW, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tire-Repairing 'Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tol the accompanying drawings. v

My invention relates to repair devices for sectional pneumatic tires, and has for-its object the construction of a member or shoe that may be readily applied to the rim of the vehicle carrying the tire and that will effective] y 4bridge the gap caused by. puncturing a secelements embodied in the claims hereto an-V nexed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of my device and so much of a tire and rim as is necessary to show the manner of its application thereto. J Fig. 2 represents a transverse vsection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a 'side elevation of my device, and Fig. 4 represents a detail view of' one of the end `clips of said device.

Describing the parts by numerals, 1 represents the rim of a vehicle, having a tire 2 attached thereto, as by means of bolts 3 and nuts 4. These bolts may be hollow, if desired, for initiating the tire-sections and 'may each be provided with a cap 5. The tire is made up of a number of sections 6, separated by partitions 7 ot' sufcient strength to avoid rupture should an adjacent section be deflated,

as by puncture. With a tire of this character I employ a repair member or shoe 8, said member consisting, preferably, of two partsa base-plate or support 9 and a cushion l0. The base-plate, with the parts in the position shown in the drawings, is bent downwardly and is provided with a central elevation l1, providing a recess within which an infiating connection 12 (if the cushion be pneumatic) may be located. For a considerable portion of the length intermediate the ends the support is bent or curved outwardly at its sides at 13 and is then bent inwardly to form inwardly-extending shoulders 15, which engage the outer'surface of the rim. The outwardlycurved portions 13 receive ythe deiiated tiresection 14 and give resiliency to the support for the'cushion..

' 16 and 17 designate extensions depending from the shoulders 15, and 18 designatesa bolt by means of which said extensions may be drawn together and the shoe securely' clamped to the rim. For convenience of application one ot' said extensions, as 17, i's

hinged.

The cushion 101s suitably secured to the support 9, as by short bolts 19.' When the shoe is in place and the cushion iniiated, the

outersurface of the cushion constitutes, in effeet, a portion of thetire,'the ends 20 of the cushion and 21 of the support extending onto and bearing upon the surfaces of the adjacent sections 6. For securinga proper bearing of said ends on such sections and to assist in retaining the shoe in place the ends of the support and of the cushion are formed into clips 22, which are a little more than a semicircle in extent, enabling them to firmly and partially embrace the sections adjacent the deflated section. The ends ot the cushion are drawn over the ends of the plate, as shown, being secured thereto in any suitable manner, as by cemcnting or vulcanizing.

With a shoe or repair member of the character hereinbefore described I am enabled to employ therewith a tire having but a fewse'ctions, thereby materially decreasing the expense of constructing the same over tires having partitions so close together as to prevent the rim from striking in the event ot' a puncture. Should one of the sections of my tire become punctu red or otherwisedeflated, it will be necessary only to apply my shoe in the manner indicated in the drawings to permit the vehicle to reach a place where permanent repairs may be conveniently made.

It will be obvious that lthe embodiment of my invention hereinbefore described may be altered without violating the spirit of my invention. For instance, a single curved member, as a metallic plate, might be substituted for the compound member or shoe herein disclosed or a solid cushion might be substituted for the pneumatic cushion Without sacrificing many of the advantages incidental to my con- Y struction, and though I have necessarily described my invention in detail I do not propose to be limited to such details, except as the same may be included in the claims hereto annexed or rendered necessary-by theV prior state of the art.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Iietters Patent, is-

l. A pneumatic tire having its air-containing' tube divided into independent sections,V

combined With -a shoe or repair member of greater length than an individual section, and

means for securing said shoe or member in place over one of said sections of the tire.

2. A pneumatic tire having its air-coiitaining tube divided into independent sections, combined With a curved shoe or repairmember of greater'length than an individual section and having ends adapted to bear upon the adjacent sections, and means for securing said shoe or member in place.

3. A pneumatic tire having its air-containing tube divided into independent sections, combined with a curved member or shoe of greater'lengththan an individual section and having ends adapted to rest upon and partially embrace the adjacent sections of the tire, and

means for securing said shoe or member in place.

4. Apneumatic tire having its air-containing tube divided into independent sections, combined with a curved repair member or lshoe of greaterlength than an individual section and having at each end a clip adapted to -partially embrace an adjacent section, and

means for securingsaid shoe or member in place.

5. A pneumatic tire having its air-containing tube divided into independent sections, combined With a repair member or shoe of greater length than an individual section and having a portion adapted to engage the outer surface of the rim, and means for securing said member or shoe in place.

6. A pneumatic tire having its air-containing tube divided into independent sections,

combined with a repair member or shoe of combined with a repair member or shoe of greater length than an individual section and having at each end a curved clip adapted to partially surround the adjacent tire-sections andan intermediate portion adapted to cngage the outer surface of the rim, and depending portions for clamping the shoe to the rim.

8. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member or shoe comprising a pneumatic cushion adapted to be iitted in operative relation to a collapsed section, and means for, securing said cushion in place.

9. A repair member or vslice for sectional tires, said member or shoe comprising a pneumatic outer cushion and a support for said cushion, and means for securing said cushion and support in operative relation to a collapsed section of the tire.

10. A repair member or shoe -for sectional tires, said member comprising a cushion provided with ends ladapted to extend beyond the ends of a collapsed section and to bear `upon the surfaces of the adjacent sections, a metallic support for said cushion having ends coniplementary'to the ends of the cushion, and means for securing said cushion and support in place.

11. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member comprising a metallic su pport of greater length than a section of the tire and having its ends formed. into curved clips adapted to engage the tire, means for securing said support in place, and a cushion carried by said support having ends extending beyond the ends of the support and turned under said clips.

l2. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member comprising a down wardlycurved plate having ends adapted to extend beyond the ends of a collapsed section and bear against the surfaces of the adjacent sections, a cushion secured to said plate, said plate having outwardly-extending side portions for receiving the collapsed section ofthe tire and inWardly-extending shoulders adapted to engage the sides of the rim, and means for securing said plate to the rim.

13. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member comprising a downwardlycurved base-plate having a central elevated portion, a pneumatic cushion secured to said plate and having an inflating-tube extending through the elevated portion of the plate, said plate having outwardly-extending side portions for the reception of the collapsed section, and means for securing said plate to the rim.

lll. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member having` a curved surface of greater length than a section of the tire, outwardly-projecting side portions for the reception of the deflated tire-section, inwardly-projecting shoulders below said side portions adapted to engage the outer surface of the rim, and means for securing said member in place.

l5. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member having a curved surface of ing an outer curved surface adapted to form in effect a portion of the outer surface of the tire and means for applying said member to a deflated section of the tire. v

17. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member or shoe comprising a cushion of greater length than an individual section and provided with ends adapted to engage the surfaces of the adjacent sections, and

means forv supporting said cushion in operativerelation to a collapsed section of the tire.

18. A repair member or shoe for sectional tires, said member or shoe comprising a cushion of suiicient length to lill the space between adjacent partitions and having an outer curved Vsu rface corresponding to the curvature of the tire, and means for supporting said cushion in operative relation to a collapsed section ofthe t1re.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l OTTO F. KADOVV.

-Witnessesz i L. M. ScHooF, MILDRED BACH. 

